The article analyzes both the relationship between university libraries and science and technology parks (STPs) as well as the role of these libraries in the information management of incubated firms. This relationship with Spanish STPs is also compared to the relationship with parks around the world. Several stakeholders involved in two Spanish parks were interviewed, so a sample made up of both parks’ management, the three university libraries with which they are related to and 121 firms incubated in these parks. The results were compared to results taken from a survey on 107 parks members of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation and 77 libraries related to those parks. The study revealed that the library-STP relationship underpin links between parks and universities. The IASP members who receive services from related university libraries show the value of library-STP collaboration. It is a first analytical approach to the library-STP relationship in the entrepreneurial university context. A series of actions to strengthen this relationship and better benefit incubated firms is also included.
ResumenSe analiza la evolución y situación actual de los estudios de biblioteconomía y documentación en España. Se toman como referencia los datos aportados por las universidades miembros de la Red de Centros y Departamentos de Información y Documentación (RUID) y por fuentes oficiales como el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes. Se describe la situación actual de las enseñanzas en extinción, el grado, los masters y los doctorados. Entre otros aspectos, se observa un retroceso en la demanda del grado y cierto aumento en la de los masters y doctorados. Se aportan finalmente algunas reflexiones sobre los retos a los que se enfrentan actualmente estas enseñanzas, así como posibles estrategias que puedan seguirse para fortalecer la disciplina y la profesión en su conjunto. Palabras claveInformación y documentación, Biblioteconomía y documentación, Grados universitarios, Masters, Educación universitaria, Oferta formativa, España, Red de Centros y Departamentos de Información y Documentación (RUID), Estadísticas.
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